Works with
How Nora works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Nora
Nora O'Connor is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience helping people manage strong emotions and life stressors. She focuses on practical skills that make day-to-day life easier, including coping with anger, anxiety, stress, and addiction-related challenges. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Nora also integrates somatic awareness to bring attention to how the body holds tension and emotional reactions.
Background and approach
Mindfulness and solution-focused tools are part of her toolkit when they fit a person's needs. Nora works with people facing identity-related concerns, including LGBT issues, and those coping with major life transitions or career uncertainty. She also supports people dealing with compassion fatigue, caregiver strain, and struggles tied to adoption or foster care.
Other focus areas include codependency, guilt and shame, and recovery from trauma. Sessions emphasize straightforward strategies and small, achievable steps. She helps clients build self-esteem, manage panic or mood symptoms, and address relationship patterns without jargon.
Nora aims for clear goals and measurable progress during the work together. Clients will find approaches that combine talking, skill practice, and bodily awareness. Nora describes her practice as trauma-informed and attentive to how past events affect present reactions.
Her background in social work guides a practical, person-centered style.
What Nora works with
Everything Nora lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Nora's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Adoption and foster care
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Domestic violence
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Nora lists
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approach-focused online care for emotion and stress
Many clients find Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helpful because it breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. CBT offers practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors, which can reduce anxiety and help manage anger.Somatic Therapy pays attention to how the body holds emotion. It uses gentle body-based techniques to notice tension and develop new ways to respond when stress rises. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm in everyday moments.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Nora will talk with each person about goals and preferences and suggest a mix of methods that fit their situation. Together they review what’s working and adjust the plan as needed.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video is useful for longer skill-building work, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can support quick check-ins or shorter reflections. These options make therapy more flexible for work breaks, caregiving schedules, or people who prefer not to be on camera.
Questions people ask about Nora
What kinds of concerns does Nora address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, anger, addiction challenges, and identity concerns such as LGBT issues, plus caregiver and compassion fatigue struggles.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style blends practical skill teaching with body-focused awareness and problem-solving. Sessions aim to set clear goals and build tools people can use between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Nora has 15 years of experience working with people facing emotional and life stressors.
What credentials and region apply to her practice?
She holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, listed as CA LCSW, and practices in California.
Which languages are offered and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
In what formats are sessions delivered?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are needed to begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.